Marvel has announced its offerings for August 2009. Here's what looks interesting to me:
OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #8Written by VARIOUS
Continuing the chronicle of the Marvel Universe, starting with Spider-Man (from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #342 on), Iron Man (from IRON MAN #277 on) and the X-Men (from X-MEN #321 on). Follow the history of the Marvel universe as it unfolds month by month with the All-New Official Index to the Marvel Universe. Each issue provides synopses for dozens of individual comics, including back-up strips, introducing you to the characters, teams, places and equipment that appeared within, providing vital information about first appearances, where they last showed up and where they appeared next!
64 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99
ALL WINNERS COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIALWritten by KARL KESEL
Penciled by STEVE UY
Cover by DANIEL ACUNA
Variant Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
Captain America and Bucky...the Human Torch and Toro...the Sub-Mariner...Miss America...the Whizzer...THE ALL-WINNERS SQUAD! It's 1946 and World War 2 is over, but the memory of those lost in the War haunts everyone-- especially when Times Square is overrun by undead soldiers wanting their lives back! And leading this tattered battalion are the two casualties the All-Winners Squad can't fight-- the original Captain America and Bucky! Plus: a surprise romance that has all the tabloids a-twitter!
"Old Soldiers Never Die..." by Karl Kesel (MARVEL APES) and Steve Uy (AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE)
Buy Bonds! And this comic!
48 PGS./One-Shot/New and Reprint/Rated A ...$3.99
MARVEL COMICS #1: 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONPenciled by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, PAUL GUSTAVSON, BEN THOMPSON, AL ANDERS & ART PINAJIAN
Colored by DEAN WHITE, DAVE McCAIG, JASON KEITH, MORRY HOLLOWELL, FRANK D'ARMATA & more!
Cover by JELENA KEVIC DJURDJEVIC
Midnight Opening Cover by FRANK R. PAUL & DEAN WHITE
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Marvel Comics in style the best and brightest color-art talents in the field bring you a bold new look at the comic that started it all! From the first appearance of The Human Torch to the original jungle adventures of Ka-Zar and the incomparable introduction of Bill Everett's Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, each tale from Marvel Comics #1 has been paired with one of the field's most innovative color artists to create a fascinating contemporary take on these classic tales. Including contributions from the trend-setting talents of Dean White (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN; LOGAN), Dave McCaig (NEW AVENGERS; NEXTWAVE), Jason Keith (MIGHTY AVENGERS; SHANNA THE SHE-DEVIL), Morry Hollowell (CIVIL WAR; WOLVERINE) and Frank D'Armata (CAPTAIN AMERICA; HOUSE OF M), there's no question that this will be MARVEL COMICS #1 like you've never seen it before! So come join the party--including Marvel's mega-midnight birthday bash--and toast to the most important comic art achievement of 1939--2009-style!
64 PGS./Rated T+ ...$4.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE SUB-MARINER VOL. 3 HCWritten and Penciled by CARL PFEUFER, GUSTAV SCHROTTER, AL GABRIELE & BASIL WOLVERTON
Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG
From the heart of comics' Golden Age, come the adventures of the original anti-hero--Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner! A brash, proud and quick-tempered figure who bowed before the authority of no man, when the pall of fascism covered the world the Sub-Mariner responded with an unchained fury. Tearing down the Axis powers one battleship at a time, he embodied the fantasy of an America confronted by enemies on two fronts and with ample motivation to smash them both! Backed by the super-hero adventures of The Angel and comedy short-features by the likes of comic genius, Basil Wolverton, you'll find no other Golden Age hero with the wild, powerful and truly anarchic energy of the Sub-Mariner. So get out there and reserve your copy today, True Believer! Collecting SUB-MARINER COMICS #9-12
240 PGS./All Ages ...$59.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3351-3
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE SUB-MARINER VOL. 3 HC -- VARIANT EDITION VOL. 128
240 PGS./All Ages ...$59.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3352-0
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 1 TPBWritten by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & STEVE DITKO
Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Dr. Robert Bruce Banner may have the appearance of a mild-mannered scientist, but after being caught in a gamma bomb explosion, he became the unstoppable engine of destruction known as the Incredible Hulk! Hot off the success of the FANTASTIC FOUR, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's atomic update on the Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde tale, mixed the joy of giant monsters with Cold War intrigue and added a heavy dose of psychological drama to create a formula that even decades later has readers clamoring for more. So for each and every purple pants loving Hulkophile, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS are proud to present the Hulk's original six-issue solo series in one amazingly restored volume. You'll meet Bruce Banner, Rick Jones, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross of the U.S. Army and the lovely Betty Ross for the first time. You'll see the Hulk's first appearance as the gray goliath before he turned that familiar shade of green. You'll watch the Hulk bust knuckles with the far-out Toad Men, the subterranean Tryannus, monstrous Mongu, and the Metal Master, and to make it that much better, the incomparable Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko illustrate it all. Collecting THE INCREDIBLE HULK #1-6
176 PGS./All Ages ...$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3714-6
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TEAM-UP VOL. 3 TPBWritten by GERRY CONWAY, BILL MANTLO, CHRIS CLAREMONT,
BILL KUNKEL, GARY FRIEDRICH, BONNIE WILFORD, RALPH MACCHIO & JOHN WARNER
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA, MIKE ESPOSITO, DAVE HUNT, JOHN BYRNE, PABLO MARCOS, DAVE COCKRUM, DAVID WENZEL, JIM MOONEY, KERRY GAMMILL, DON PERLIN, HOWARD CHAYKIN, J. ACLIN, JUAN ORTIZ, JOSE ORTIZ, MIKE VOSBURG, ALAN KUPPERBERG & JACK ABEL
Cover by JOHN BYRNE
The Man-Thing's Swamp, Murderworld and the Moon are only a few battlefields on Spider-Man's agenda when he teams up with X-Men old and new, the entire original Avengers lineup and more! Daredevil and the Black Widow! Power Man and Iron Fist! Captain America and the Falcon! Captain Britain, Doctor Strange and Ms. Marvel! Opposed by such enemies as the Owl, the Super-Skrull, and more miscreants who remain deadly to this day! Plus: Spider-favorites Electro and Kraven the Hunter and the first appearance of X-adversary extraordinaire Arcade! Collecting MARVEL TEAM-UP #52-73, #75 and ANNUAL #1
480 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3068-0
